A prosecution witness, codenamed PW-AAA, told the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday that Simon Ekpa, a known supporter of Nnamdi Kanu and the Biafra agitation, will soon be repatriated from Finland to face trial in Nigeria.
PW-AAA, identified as an operative of the Department of State Services (DSS) and one of those involved in the 2015 arrest of Kanu at a Lagos hotel, testified before Justice James Omotosho during the ongoing trial of the IPOB leader.
The witness’s identity was withheld for security reasons and he gave his testimony under cross-examination by Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, who is representing Kanu in the matter.
In the course of proceedings, the Federal Government presented additional items allegedly recovered from Kanu.
These were admitted as court exhibits and include “one black laptop, two multi-mix transmitters, one mini white Apple iPad with a pouch, one grey Apple iPad with a pouch, one grey MacBook with a pouch, one grey MacBook with the case, one mini drone sound wave speaker, and two mini white speakers.”
Also submitted were “one large computer mouse, one white adaptor, one laptop adaptor and one carton bag with laptop, two 3G modems, two Glo modems, one Glo Hawaii modem, one MTN modem, one Etisalat modem, one flash drive and one camcorder.”
Further items presented included “one hand recorder in a black pouch, one MacBook Pro adaptor, one Mic stand, one Phillips headphone, one radio sharp mic with cord, one pro sound mic with cord and one 4G LTE modem.”
The witness listed other items as “a bunch of cards, one power adaptor for the mixer, one Easy Blaze white modem, one Samsung phone, 1 black Motorola phone and one Nokia phone.”
More possessions allegedly found on Kanu include: “one black Samsung phone, one black phone, 1 D-Link black modem, one 8GB flash drive, one extension wire adaptor, one pair of shoes, one belt, one pair of ciderwood sneakers and one footwear.”
He continued, “One black Softech wristwatch, two singlets, one sealed Hermes perfume, one Trinket, one Pokham perfume, one Fredrick Peckham wristwatch, one Diesel wristwatch, one Alexander Christy collection wristwatch, one Club wristwatch.”
“Others are a bank MasterCards, copies of documents, one copy of IPOB complementary card, documents tagged IPOB, one white clipper, one bottle of medicine, one Oman perfume, one Mini scented oils, one empty black purse.”
Also presented were “one Nigerian passport bearing the names Okwu Kanu Nwannekaibeya Nnamdi Ngozichukwu and one British passport bearing the name Okwu Kanu Nwannekaibeya, one black purse, one passport holder, one card holder, one box of Rocarden wristwatch and four bundles of cords.”
Under cross-examination, PW-AAA confirmed that no weapons were found on Kanu at the point of his arrest.
He also stated that the female companion arrested alongside Kanu was not found in possession of any arms.
He added, “though the recovered items might not be ordinarily offensive, the intention of the defendant might be otherwise.”
PW-AAA concluded that his role in the operation did not include analyzing the seized items. “My mandate was to effect the arrest and obtain a statement from Kanu,” he said.
Justice Omotosho subsequently adjourned the case to May 6, 7, and 8 for continuation of cross-examination.
